Dell Announces its Flagship XPS 15 and XPS 17 (Spring 2020 Update)

btarunr · May 13, 2020

Dell today updated its premium XPS line of performance notebooks with the XPS 15 (9500) and XPS 17 (9700), as part of the company's Spring 2020 launch sequence. The two are primarily differentiated by screen size (15.6-inch vs. 17-inch). The XPS 15 comes with 16:10 resolutions of 4K UHD+ (3840 x 2400 pixels) InfinityEdge Touch, and WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) InfinityEdge. Both offer Dolby Vision, and adjustable viewing angles. 10th gen Core "Comet Lake-H" processors power both.

Processor options include the Core i5-10300H, i7-10750H, i7-10875H, and i9-10885H. Memory options range between 8 GB single-channel thru 64 GB dual-channel. Graphics options start with GTX 1650 Ti for the XPS 15, and go up to RTX 2060 (mobile) for the XPS 17. Storage options only include NVMe SSDs, starting with 256 GB, and going all the way up to 1 TB. A star attraction with both is Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. The XPS 15 offers two Thunderbolt 3 ports; while the XPS 17 offers four. Killer AX1650 WLAN is standard issue.

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chodaboy19 · May 13, 2020

The the 17in is back! Very happy about this size option!
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EzioAs · May 13, 2020

No Ryzen 4000 options?

Darmok N Jalad · May 13, 2020

EzioAs said:
No Ryzen 4000 options?

My only guesses are that these were designed before those chips sampled, or Intel partnered on the design and has an exclusive contract with the XPS line. Having TB support may be a big part of it?

DrCR · May 13, 2020

After getting used to Magsafe ... well over a decade ago at this point, I'm still amazed that high end non-Apple laptops still lack something of that ilk.

AnarchoPrimitiv · May 13, 2020

EzioAs said:
No Ryzen 4000 options?

Don't forget that Dell was the central relationship in the whole "Intel bribing OEMs to NOT use AMD hardware" throughout the 2000s (Intel was convicted in several courts of law around the world). Intel is quoted as saying that Dell is the "best friend money can buy".

Yes, Dell is including some Ryzen 4000 in its G series which is meant for gaming. But notice how they're not in the XPS line, which is the premium line... It's all an effort to continue the mindset in consumers of AMD not being "top of the line". BTW, these aren't the mad ravings of an AMD fan, this is marketing 101.

Darmok N Jalad · May 13, 2020

DrCR said:
After getting used to Magsafe ... well over a decade ago at this point, I'm still amazed that high end non-Apple laptops still lack something of that ilk.

And Apple went away from it with the move to USB-C!

medi01 · May 13, 2020

EzioAs said:
No Ryzen 4000 options?

What a shame, we are back to Athlon vs Prescott times...

XL-R8R · May 13, 2020

Cant wait to see the forum posts for this gen with the usual "its overheating" in the title.....

Dell need to get a grip of their cooling phobia.

Caring1 · May 14, 2020

XL-R8R said:
Cant wait to see the forum posts for this gen with the usual "its overheating" in the title.....

Dell need to get a grip of their cooling phobia.

Don't worry, the XPS is designed for coffee shop posers, Dell sell better models suitable for gaming, with real cooling.

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db87 · May 18, 2020

I need it to have a Ryzen 4000 CPU. Guess Dell is of my list :wtf:

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Dell Announces its Flagship XPS 15 and XPS 17 (Spring 2020 Update)

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